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Cost of living, home affordability, govt accountability are top concerns for GE2025—survey

SINGAPORE: A survey from Milieu Insight released shortly before...

Neighbour won’t spay her cat — now their area is full of mess and strays, says resident

SINGAPORE: A frustrated resident took to an online forum...

Job seeker asks: ‘Is it really that hard to get hired now, or is it just me?’

SINGAPORE: A job seeker who has been applying for...

Singapore negotiating US concessions on pharmaceutical exports and high-end AI chips access

SINGAPORE: Singapore is negotiating concessions with the United States...

Business

Travel platform RateHawk reports 67% global bookings surge in 2024 as travel demand rebounds

B2B travel solutions firm RateHawk reported a 67% increase...

IWG adds 115 new workspaces in Asia Pacific amid growing demand for hybrid work solutions

SINGAPORE: International Workplace Group (IWG) has added 115 new...

Hiring slows in Singapore, with fewer jobs and rising unemployment in Q1

SINGAPORE: According to Ministry of Manpower (MOM) data featured...

Maybank, PUJB forge strategic partnership to boost Johor entrepreneurs in JS-SEZ

MALAYSIA: The Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) and Perbadanan Usahawan...

Singapore Politics

Quality of PAP ministers ‘leaves very much to be desired’: Chee Soon Juan

SINGAPORE: Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan...

WP’s Michael Thng: ‘We don’t want to be told that the sky is white when we see it is blue’

SINGAPORE: Before Nomination Day, the Workers Party (WP) introduced...

Residents tell WP’s Jamus Lim that ‘the electric atmosphere at rallies gets them excited about voting’

SINGAPORE: The rallies that the Workers’ Party (WP) has...

PAP’s Poh Li San: Sembawang West deserves ‘a proven person’, definitely not Chee Soon Juan

SINGAPORE: At the People’s Action Party (PAP) rally in...

Tag: maid

‘How do you all live with stay-in maids?’ — Netizen asks because ‘our maid getting close with me on my bed when I’m trying to rest’

Maid says she’s usually paid $1K/month, but for December, she only worked 18 days, asks how much she will be paid

Employer asks how to tell her maid she has body odour: “Can I buy her deodorant and/or let her know to shower twice a day?”

Maid steals ATM card from 75-year-old employer; withdraws S$14,000+ from savings account

Maid who went to visit her sick mother in India tells her employer that she doesn’t want to come back, asks to find a replacement

Maid admits that she married an old man to get his money, says ‘Is cheaper for him to marry than go to a nursing home’

Maid forced to slap herself repeatedly and say she has ‘no brain’ by her employer, caught on own CCTV camera

Maid’s visa does not allow her to go on holiday with the family, employer asks where to leave her

Maid tells her employer of luggage break-ins and requests for bribes at Manila airport, other helpers say she’s exaggerating in order to get more money

Maid cries because of sharing room with employer’s kids, but laughs loudly throughout the night looking at TikToks & FB posts